Forty original watercolors for Lamartine's L'Histoire des Girondins
by Raffet, Auguste
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- Signed
- Condition
- Red janseniste morocco, with green morocco doublures with wide gilt dentelle borders, marbled flyleaves, a.e.g., by Capé. Finel
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
The fine watercolors here form a veritable gallery of the French Revolution, and include portraits of Mirabeau; Danton; Charlotte Corday; Robespierre; Marie Antoinette; Marat; C. Desmoulin; St. Just; Talien; Grégoire; Barère, etc. Ray, France, pp. 185-187. Provenance: Ricardo Heredia y Livermore (ownership inscription on verso of front free endpaper); Chandé (vente 21 dec., 1867)Off/ww/1/3
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 257629
- Title
- Forty original watercolors for Lamartine's L'Histoire des Girondins
- Author
- Raffet, Auguste
- Format/Binding
- Forty watercolors (39 portraits, 1 device with liberty cap), signed by the artist in lower right or left of each. 1 vols. 4to
- Book Condition
- Used - Red janseniste morocco, with green morocco doublures with wide gilt dentelle borders, marbled flyleaves, a.e.g., by Capé. Finel
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Fume
- Place of Publication
- [Paris
- Date Published
- 1847
- Keywords
- French | French
- Bookseller catalogs
- History, Travel & Geography; Art, Architecture & Design;
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- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Dentelle
- Borders on the inner edge of a book with a lacy pattern, most often gilt. Popular in France during the 18th century on covers of...